Safety attachment for razors



April 21, 1925. r 1,534,312

-J. R. GOZA SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR HAZORS Filed July 22. 1921 t Z 3 i (ltto m Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES l,53tt,312

JESSE B. GOZA, OF LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR- RAZORS.

Application filed July 22,

To all whomit may con cern:

Be 1t known that 1, Jesse B. (low, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of iVinston and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful lmproven'ients in Safety Attachments forRazors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to in'iprovements in razors and more particularly to a safety attachment designed to be quickly attached and detached to and from an ordinary straight razor, and it may also be applied to both sides of the blade.

The primary object of the invention is to furnish a safety attachment of simple and inexpensive construction which may be quickly attached to or detached from the ordinary straight razor without alteration of the ordinary razor blade. The attachment is so constructed that when placed in position, the inherent resiliency of the metal from which one of the parts is formed, will function to retain hooks forming part of the attachn'ient, in engagen'ient with the razor blade.

Another object of the invention is to furnish a safety attachment which will permit the razor blade to lie practically flat against the face so that shaving with the safety attachment will not irritate the skin in the manner which is usually the case with ordinary safety razors.

Another object of the invention is to provide a safety attachment which will not permit the hair, cut from the face, to clog the cutting edge of the blade.

\Vith the foregoing objects outlined, and with other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly; pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view of an ordinary straight razor blade with my improved safety device attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar View taken from the opposite side of the blade.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the resilient member of my attachment.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the comb or toothed member of the attachment.

in the drawing, 1 designates the ordinary .razor blade to wh h my i r Safety member 2 and a comb member 3.

1921. Serial No. 486,823. 2

attachment may be applied. This safety attachment consists of a resilient metal T he member 2 as best shown in Figure 3 consists of a plate which is curved lengthwise and is provided near its ends with hook portions and 5 which in use are designed to engage the back edge 6 of the razor blade. The book 4t is long enough to extend over the back edge of the blade and to engage the opposite side of the blade as shown at 7 in Figure 1. The member 2 is also provided beneath the hooks l and 5 with recesses 8 and 9, for a purpose hereinafter described, and one end of the member 2 is provided with an extension 10 which is bent backwardly upon itself to form a hook l1 adapted to engage the edge 12 or 13 of either end of the razor blade.

The member 3 is provided with a series of downwardly extending teeth let having their lower ends bent outwardly or concaved in order to provide sliding surfaces 15 which may freely slide over the face of the person shaved. It will be noted that the teeth 1 1 are spaced apart a comparatively large distance in order to permit the hair which is cut from the face to move between the teeth and prevent clogging the cutting edge 16 of the razor blade.

The toothed member 3 is provided intermediate its ends with a hug or extension 17 adapted to be frictionally engaged. by the central portion of the resilient member 2 for the purpose of holding said member 17 in contact with one side surface of he razor blade. The end portions of the member are also provided with vertical lugs 18 having rearwardly extending hook member 1.9

' both of which extend in the same direction and are designed to move in the notches and 9 for the purpose of attai'rhing the member 3 to the member 2.

In attaching the device to a razor blade, the hooks 19 are first moved into the notches 8 and 9 and the member 2 is moved relatively to the member 3 in order to-cause the books 19 to engage the member. Then the hooks 1- and 5 are slid along the rear edge 6 of the blade until the hook 11 grasps one of the ends of the blade. At this timethe ends of the resilient member 2 have a tendency to move outwardly away from the side Hit) tion of the member 2 has a tendency to move inwardly toward the blade and this will cause the lug 17 to be pressed against the side of the razor blade.

lVhen it is desired to remove the attachment from the blade all'that is necessary is to slide the attachment either longitudinally of the blade or away from the cutting edge of the same and this will cause the hooks a, 5 and 11 to disengage the blade.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the improved device may be inexpensively manufactured owing to its simplicity of construction, and that the device may be readily removed to permit the razor blade to be stropped. It is also apparent that the razor will cut more readily than an ordinary safe ty razor owing to the fact that the blade may be placed practically flat against the face. In addition to this the attachment may remain in place when the razor is placed in its case. as the attachment does not project to any appreciable extent beyond the boun dary of the blade.

I am aware that various changes and modifications may be made in the construction disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention as expressed in the following claims.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a straight razor blade, of a safety attachment including a comb portion adapted to engage one sioe of the blade and provided on one edge with teeth which project beyond the cutting edge of the blade and are curved outwardly away from said cutting edge, a lug arranged on the oppositeedge of said portion, a curved resilient member engaging said lug and adapted to clamp the comb portion to the razor blade and having a plurality of integral hooks adapted to engage the rear edge of the razor blade and an additional integral hook to engage the edge of one end of the razor blade, the inherent resiliency of the resilient member causing the hooks to tightl v engage the razor blade and the comb portion to frietionally engage the blade, and means integral with saidportions for detachably securing the comb portion to the resilient member.

2. A safety attachment for straight razors including a comb-portion formed of a single piece of sheet metal provided at one of its longitudinal edges with outwardly extending teeth adapted to project beyond the cutting edge of a straight razor blade with which the attachment is used and provided at its opposite longitudinal edge with an integral intermediate lug and integral end lugs provided with integral hooks. and a second resilient sheet metal member curved loijigitudinally and provided at its front end. with an integral hook adapted to engage the front edge of the razor blade, said resilient member also having integral hooks to engage the back edge of the razor blade, notches formed in the resilient member adapted to receive the hooks of the comb member, and the central portion of the resilient member being adapted to press the intermediate lug of the comb men her into engagement with the side of the razor blade.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature JESSE R. GOZA. 

